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{{Short description|Ashram of Vedic sage Pundrik}}
{{Related|[[Janaki Janmasthali Mandir]]|[[Sita Kund]]|[[Sitamarhi district]]}}

{{Infobox monastery
| name = Pundrik Ashram
| established = Sage Pundrik
| dedication = [[Vedas]], Cosmic deeds of Vedas
| founder = Sage Pundrik
| location = Punauradham, Sitamarhi district, [[Mithila region]] , Bihar
| country = India
| remains = [[Sita Kund]], Pundakeshwar Mahadev Mandir
| image = Janaki kund, Sitamarhi, Bihar.jpg
| caption = [[Sita Kund]]
}}

'''Pundrik Ashram''' is a [[Hindus|Hindu]] monastery related to the [[Vedic period|Vedic]] sage Pundrik. The sage Pundrik was an Indian sage mentioned in the Indian religious texts. He was born in a Brahmin family. He was an ascetic connoisseur of [[Vedas]], lover of self-study, conqueror of senses and forgiving. He was committed to observance of cosmic-[[Vedas|Vedic]] deeds. Pundrik Ashram is located at Punauradham in [[Sitamarhi district]] of [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of [[Bihar]]. According to legend, Punauradham is considered as the penance place of Pundrik Rishi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=दीपावली के दिन अयोध्या की तरह ही माता जानकी की जन्मस्थली भी होगी जगमग |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/sitamarhi-like-ayodhya-the-birthplace-of-mother-janaki-will-also-be-illuminated-on-the-day-of-deepawali-23159038.html |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-25 |title=नौकायन की व्यवस्था: 78.33 लाख से पुनौराधाम के पुण्डरीक ऋषि की पुष्करणी तालाब का होगा जीर्णोद्धार और सौन्दर्यीकरण, बढ़ेगी शोभा |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/muzaffarpur/sitamarhi/news/from-7833-lakh-pundarik-rishi-of-punauradham-will-be-renovated-and-beautified-the-pushkarni-pond-will-be-beautified-127750207.html |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi}}</ref>

== Description ==
According to legends, there was an ashram of the sage Pundrik, from which this place was named ''Pundrik'' village, which later became popular as ''Punaura'' or ''Punaranya'' and presently it is known as ''Punauradham''. In 'Padmapuran', [[Narada|Devarshi Narad]] had described the Pundrik Tirtha to Lord [[Rama]] that a creature becomes pure just by entering the ashram of ''Punauradham'' because it is the place of the incarnation of the goddess [[Lakshmi|Laxmi]] as ''Bhumiputri'' from the [[earth]]. In the ashram there is a Lord [[Shiva]] temple known as ''Pundakeshwar Mahadev Mandir''. There is a religious pond near the Ashram known as [[Sita Kund]] or Janaki Kund.<ref>{{Cite web |title=पुंडरीक आश्रम व तालाब होगा विकसित |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/sitamarhi-development-of-pundrik-aashram-20738336.html |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> The [[Sita Kund]] is believed as the manifestation place of the goddess [[Sita]]. It is believed that this ancient pond has been the penance place of sage Maharishi Pundrik.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-07 |title=A day in the life of ‘birthplace’ of sita: Looking for Sita in Sitamarhi |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/a-day-in-the-life-of-the-birthplace-of-sita-looking-for-sita-in-sitamarhi-4644113/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tallest Statue of Mata Sita in Sitamarhi |url=https://www.drishtiias.com/state-pcs-current-affairs/tallest-statue-of-mata-sita-in-sitamarhi/print_manually#:~:text=Sita%20Kund%20is%20a%20Hindu,was%20born%20in%20Punaura%20itself. |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=www.drishtiias.com}}</ref> There is [[Surya|Lord Sun]] temple to the east, Lord [[Shiva]] temple to the west and goddess [[Kali]] temple to the south at the pond.<ref>{{Cite web |title=पुंडरीक आश्रम व तालाब होगा विकसित |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/sitamarhi-development-of-pundrik-aashram-20738336.html |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> Earlier in the [[Ramayana]] this place was the [[Hermitage (religious retreat)|hermitage]] of the sage Pundarik. Once there was a famine in the Kingdom of [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]], then the King [[Janaka]] ploughed there in the farm field on the advice of the sages. But when the goddess [[Sita]] was found by the King [[Janaka]] from the field during he was ploughing, then the sage Pundrik donated this part of the hermitage to the King [[Janaka]] for the monument of the birthplace of goddess [[Sita]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=पुंडरीक आश्रम व तालाब होगा विकसित |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/sitamarhi-development-of-pundrik-aashram-20738336.html |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> Presently ''Swami Umeshanand'' is the [[Peetadhipathi|Pithadhishwar]] of the ''Pundarik Rishi Kshetra''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=सीतामढ़ी में महाशिवरात्रि पर पुण्डरिक आश्रम में होगा कुंभ कलश स्थापना व ध्वजारोहण |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-establishment-of-kumbh-kalash-at-pundarik-ashram-on-mahashivratri-in-sitamarhi-22506041.html |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> A grand [[Yajna]]shala is proposed to be built in the Ashram. On 28 January 2022, ''Pandit Umesh Mishra'' laid the foundation stone of the grand [[Yajna]]shala under the chairmanship of Shri Kishori Sharan Madhukar Muthia Baba, the saint of ''Shri Sitaram Naam Sukhdham Ashram Muthia Baba Kutiya''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=पुंडरीक ऋषि क्षेत्र के पुंडकेश्वर महादेव मंदिर परिसर में बनेगी यज्ञशाला |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/sitamarhi-yagyashala-will-be-built-in-pundakeshwar-mahadev-temple-complex-of-pundarik-rishi-area-22420496.html |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=वे जगह, जहां-जहां लक्ष्मी के पैर पड़े:आज भी रोशन हैं, कभी-कभी तो उनकी रसोई में खाना भी बनता है |work=Dainik Bhaskar |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/amp/jeevan-mantra/dharm/news/ayodhya-janakpuri-valmiki-ashram-and-pounora-ashram-where-sita-lived-130476855.html}}</ref>

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[[Category:Ashramas]]
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